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Hideko Mills, Manager of IT Research Infrastructurewww.cio.wisc.edu/research
To strengthen the campus research computing infrastructure to meet current and future needs.
Current ProjectCurrent Project• The Euclid Cluster - Prof. Manos Mavrikakis’
research group• Computational chemistry approaches to
improve engineering practices in:• Chemical processing• Alternative energy • Pollution prevention
• Key Parameters:2184 compute-cores 273 compute-servers13 Terabytes Storage 20 Teraflops peak compute capacity10 GigE Interconnect Intel Nehalem CPU
The Euclid ClusterThe Euclid Cluster
• What can be done now that wasn’t available before?
– Efficient scaling of jobs due to a low latency network– Total compute power of 20 Teraflops (more than anything
before on campus)– Move large datasets and files at up to 10 Gbps of
bandwidth (10 times more bandwidth than any existing interconnect)
The Euclid ClusterThe Euclid Cluster
• What specifically will it enable?
– Tackle projects that are compute-intensive and outside the capabilities of existing UW infrastructure
– Showcase state-of-the-art open source software and technologies to benefit the UW research community
The Euclid ClusterThe Euclid Cluster
• How will it help colleagues?• Available to the broader UW community for specialized
computing applications– Center High Throughput Computing (CHTC), led by Prof.
Miron Livny (Computer Science), will provide access to the cluster under the aegis of the Condor project
• Key Scientific Codes to run on Euclid• VASP (cms.mpi.univie.ac.at/vasp/)• DACAPO (dcwww.camd.dtu.dk/campos/Dacapo/)• GPAW (https://wiki.fysik.dtu.dk/gpaw/)
Campus CollaborationCampus Collaboration• Funding– Department of Chemical Engineering, College of
Engineering, Center High Throughput Computing (CHTC), WARF, and the Division of Information Technology
• Almost entirely open-source: no purchases
• Multi-vendor investment– Dell, Cisco, Chelsio, APC
Questions?Questions?
